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# Meson {#meson}
Overrides the configure, check, and install phases to run `meson setup`, `meson test`, and `meson install`.
[Meson](https://mesonbuild.com/) is an open source meta build system meant to be
fast and user-friendly.
Meson is a meta-build system so you will need a secondary build system to run the generated build files in build phase. In Nixpkgs context, you will want to accompany Meson with ninja, which provides a [setup hook](#ninja) registering a ninja-based build phase.
In Nixpkgs, meson comes with a setup hook that overrides the configure, check,
and install phases.
By default, `enableParallelBuilding` is enabled as Meson supports parallel building almost everywhere.
Being a meta build system, meson needs an accompanying backend. In the context
of Nixpkgs, the typical companion backend is [Ninja](#ninja), that provides a
setup hook registering ninja-based build and install phases.
## Variables controlling Meson {#variables-controlling-meson}
## Variables controlling Meson {#meson-variables-controlling}
### `mesonFlags` {#mesonflags}
### Meson Exclusive Variables {#meson-exclusive-variables}
Controls the flags passed to `meson setup`.
#### `mesonFlags` {#meson-flags}
### `mesonCheckFlags` {#mesoncheckflags}
Controls the flags passed to `meson setup` during configure phase.
Controls the flags passed to `meson test`.
#### `mesonWrapMode` {#meson-wrap-mode}
### `mesonInstallFlags` {#mesoninstallflags}
Which value is passed as
[`-Dwrap_mode=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options)
to. In Nixpkgs the default value is `nodownload`, so that no subproject will be
downloaded (since network access is already disabled during deployment in
Nixpkgs).
Controls the flags passed to `meson install`.
Note: Meson allows pre-population of subprojects that would otherwise be
downloaded.
### `mesonInstallTags` {#mesoninstalltags}
#### `mesonBuildType` {#meson-build-type}
Tags specified here will be passed to Meson as via `--tags` during
installation and controls which components will be installed.
Which value is passed as
[`--buildtype`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to
`meson setup` during configure phase. In Nixpkgs the default value is `plain`.
### `mesonBuildType` {#mesonbuildtype}
#### `mesonAutoFeatures` {#meson-auto-features}
Which [`--buildtype`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to pass to `meson setup`. We default to `plain`.
Which value is passed as
[`-Dauto_features=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options)
to `meson setup` during configure phase. In Nixpkgs the default value is
`enabled`, meaning that every feature declared as "auto" by the meson scripts
will be enabled.
### `mesonAutoFeatures` {#mesonautofeatures}
#### `mesonCheckFlags` {#meson-check-flags}
What value to set [`-Dauto_features=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to. We default to `enabled`.
Controls the flags passed to `meson test` during check phase.
### `mesonWrapMode` {#mesonwrapmode}
#### `mesonInstallFlags` {#meson-install-flags}
What value to set [`-Dwrap_mode=`](https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html#core-options) to. We default to `nodownload` as we disallow network access.
Controls the flags passed to `meson install` during install phase.
### `dontUseMesonConfigure` {#dontusemesonconfigure}
#### `mesonInstallTags` {#meson-install-tags}
Disables using Mesons `configurePhase`.
A list of installation tags passed to Meson's commandline option
[`--tags`](https://mesonbuild.com/Installing.html#installation-tags) during
install phase.
### `dontUseMesonCheck` {#dontusemesoncheck}
Note: `mesonInstallTags` should be a list of strings, that will be converted to
a comma-separated string that is recognized to `--tags`.
Example: `mesonInstallTags = [ "emulator" "assembler" ];` will be converted to
`--tags emulator,assembler`.
Disables using Mesons `checkPhase`.
#### `dontUseMesonConfigure` {#dont-use-meson-configure}
### `dontUseMesonInstall` {#dontusemesoninstall}
When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonConfigurePhase`.
Disables using Mesons `installPhase`.
#### `dontUseMesonCheck` {#dont-use-meson-check}
When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonCheckPhase`.
#### `dontUseMesonInstall` {#dont-use-meson-install}
When set to true, don't use the predefined `mesonInstallPhase`.
### Honored variables {#meson-honored-variables}
The following variables commonly used by `stdenv.mkDerivation` are honored by
Meson setup hook.
- `prefixKey`
- `enableParallelBuilding`